We Love Alumni – Please Come to Visit

No matter if you have been at Camp Marimeta for just one summer or 20, we really are family. Alumni is important to us- we love you!

We love when Marimeta Alumni come to visit. We had the pleasure these last couple of weeks to welcome many Alumni back to the shores of Meta Lake.   Our Alumni are very important to us and often visit for many different reasons.

First, many Alumni return to Camp Marimeta to show their spouses where they spent many of their summers. It is always fun to meet the person that captured our camper’s heart. They visit the mess hall and look for old pictures and have a good chuckle about their hair style.  Many return for bachlorette partys as well. It is always amazing to see so many camp friends that last so long.

Second, many former campers return as adults with their own daughters to tour camp for them. This of course is very special and heartwarming to us.  We are so pleased that they want to share “that Marimeta Beat” with them. Their is nothing like comparing camp stories with your daughter and understand everything she is talking about! They also are very proud to show their daughters the many plaques their names are on.

Equally as exciting is when Alumni return to present new 5 year campers their jackets.  It could be their mother, their sister, their aunt or even their cousin that gives them their jacket. Each of these former campers are also in the 5 year club.  It brings tears to everyones eyes when any of these people come up for this one very special evening.

One of our favorite times with “Metalum” is at Alumni Camp.  This is where we get to spend an extended amount of time laughing and reminiscing with everyone. Furthermore, Alumni Camp lets you relive your childhood.  Many Metalum look forward to these 3 days all year long.  In fact they start planning their skits and lip-syncs way before they even arrive. In any event, there is not a single person that isn’t laughing to the point of crying. We get to sing old songs and we also have the chance to “capture the flag”.

Above all, no mattter where you go or how long you’ve been away, Marimeta will always be your summer home. We hope you take a bit of Camp Marimeta with you wherever you go. We love our Alumni and hope you visit us soon.